green woodpecker

And yes he/she came again. Probably plenty of ants left for the Green woodpecker to return to. And ofcourse I had to take some shots trough the window again.

In this case I did not even have to leave the house!. More frequently I get this Green woodpecker in my garden. He is perforating my lawn but I do'nt care ;-) I took this picture trough the window.

This male had found something to eat near the tree (maybe it was an ant colony there?). I had to wait a few minutes, because its head was in the shadow of the tree and the body was in a strong light. The bird was pretty close, so I didn't use the max focal lenght of the lens and the pic seems to...

A shot from a very close encounter in the summer, with a green woodpecker juvenile. Almost ran it over!

My first outing with my new lens - I sat down at the edge of a field and waited and within 40 minutes had shots of Buzzards, Green Woodpeckers and Nuthatches. An amazing morning.

I know this is not a great image, but, only Julie will know why I posted it????

This Woody stuck its head up every now and then and was very wary as i kept crawling towards it. It wasn't gonna stay there much longer so i had to settle for this head shot.

tripod; -0.33 EV; 1/125s; f/5.6; ISO 400 Very busy juvie, caught while "ant-seeking" ;)

Another shot of the Green Woodpeckers I came across last week. This one is the Juvenile of the two I have spotted so far.

A Green Woodpecker enjoys a good old stretch in the summer sunshine. One of two (Adult and Juvenile) that kept me enthralled for a couple of hours. My first ever chance at photographing these lovely birds, inspired by Marise's beautiful images of them.

On my lawn

A Green Woodpecker searching for ants at Minsmere on Sunday. It was a long way away, hence a heavy crop and rather iffy IQ. I quite like the setting though so I thought I would post it anyway. Ron

Hiding at the edge of a meadow where I had seen green woodpeckers foraging before, I was so lucky to have a close encounter with this one :)

some privacy,please. A typical behaviour once it spotted you,peeping out from behind a tree trunk.

Lucky to be able to creep close enough. Normally they are off before you get within 50 feet.

Not much of a picture but i noticed something i never thought of before. One might think that the beak should be wide open during their loud call,took a lot of pictures whilst it was calling and on no one did it have its beak open more than this. Could see the sides of the bird bulging in and...